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There’s no escaping the internet, says artist James Bridle
In New Dark Age, James Bridle expends no little shoe leather mapping the current walls of our eerie futuristic home, in the real and the virtual realm
New Scientist Live: how can we fix a problem like plastics?
Plastic is the material we love to hate, but can we do anything about it? That’s the subject of a major panel debate at this year’s New Scientist Live
Marvel Powers United VR: I saw Captain America’s huge thighs under me
Want to be Black Panther from Wakanda? Or Captain America, Black Widow or Spider-Man? Now virtual reality is finally coming to domestic gaming PCs, you have the chance
Feedback: Firefighters called in to deal with hot chips in Texas
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Robot laws: 5 new rules that could save human lives (at least on TV)
From Battlestar Galactica to The Terminator, on-screen robots have never been above a little rule-breaking. Could our new laws of robotics keep them in line?
New Scientist Live: are we about to uncover the dark universe?
Astrophysicists are coming to London this September to describe how we might be about to crack the greatest mysteries of the universe - dark matter and dark energy
Robot laws: Why we need a code of conduct for AI – and fast
From election-rigging bots to potentially lethal autonomous cars, artificial intelligence is straining legal boundaries. Here's what we need to keep it in check
Forgotten giants: Why the time is ripe to revisit Uranus and Neptune
A fleeting glimpse of the ice giants 30 years ago hinted at very weird science that could tell us a lot about exoplanets. Now we have a rare chance to go back
Extreme heat: Why its origins could lie deep in the Atlantic
Swathes of the northern hemisphere are smashing temperature records. Could it be because we’ve broken the ocean currents that stabilise our weather?